Dee MacDonald Books in Order

Connie, Gill, and Maggie meet at a flower-arranging class and decide to seek adventure together. Their campervan journey through France and Italy brings romance, an unexpected inheritance, and a secret that may catch up with them.

Tired of putting her family’s needs first while her husband plays golf, Connie McColl packs a bag and drives away. Traveling from England to Scotland brings unexpected friendships and a chance to reconsider the life awaiting her return.

Newlyweds Tess and Simon buy a crumbling Cornish hotel as a retirement project, then find renovation costs straining their marriage. The arrival of guests seeking fresh starts brings further secrets, surprises, and challenges to their shared dream.

Lifelong friends Tess and Orla run a dressmaking shop, but Tess wants more from life than steady routine. A dating agency and Mediterranean singles cruise give both women a chance to pursue adventure and rediscover romance.

Nursing work at Seaview Grange turns unsettling when a former opera singer is found poisoned. Unconvinced by the ruling of an overdose, Kate Palmer investigates with retired detective Woody Forrest and finds no shortage of possible motives.

Shortly after moving to a Cornish village, nurse Kate Palmer encounters the murder of a prominent local woman. Her patients’ gossip supplies clues, while a warning left at her home makes the investigation dangerously personal.

When a groom collapses and dies at a village wedding, nurse Kate Palmer notices troubling behavior among the guests. Threatening letters and other disrupted ceremonies suggest a wider mystery that could endanger the man she loves.

A body discovered beneath Angie’s new tea rooms draws nurse Kate Palmer into another village mystery. A wealthy family’s buried secrets complicate efforts to clear her sister, and Angie’s disappearance makes finding the killer urgent.

Kate Palmer discovers a strangled man in her cottage garden and learns he was her husband Woody’s old enemy. Evidence points toward Woody, forcing Kate to investigate the victim’s family before her husband is arrested.

After arguing with a notorious village gossip at the summer fete, Kate Palmer discovers her body on the beach. Clearing her own name means investigating neighbors with their own reasons for wanting the dead woman silenced.

A television production brings excitement to Tinworthy until its writer and producer dies on set. When suspicion falls on her sister Angie, Kate Palmer investigates old romances, professional grudges, and another death threatening to reinforce the accusation.

Eve, Nessa, and Molly have shared decades of work, motherhood, holidays, and friendship. As one faces her final journey, their memories and an emerging old secret invite reflection on love, forgiveness, and second chances in later life.

Retired Ally McKinley opens a Highland guesthouse, only to find her first paying guest murdered in its courtyard. Discovering his disputed claim to a local title draws her into an investigation of threatened livelihoods and old loyalties.

A writers’ retreat turns deadly when Ally McKinley finds its celebrated host strangled in a bathroom. Rumors of plagiarism and affairs supply plenty of motives, but another death suggests someone is determined to silence the truth.

A walk beside the loch leads Ally McKinley and her puppy to a woman’s body. When a local earl’s new bride is also killed, Ally investigates village secrets while trying to keep suspicion from settling on herself.

When a champion competitor dies during Locharran’s Highland Games, Ally McKinley recognizes murder. Rival athletes, family grievances, and suspicious guests complicate her investigation, especially when her leading suspect is found dead beside the loch.

A threatening letter to Ally McKinley’s elderly neighbor is followed by murder. Learning that other women have received similar messages, Ally investigates their connection to a long-ago death before the anonymous correspondent strikes again.